Feelings are just visitors. We, or rather I, need to remember to let those thoughts come and go; for visitors are just that, temporary....

The past seven months have been loud, and by loud I mean busy, which equates to distracted. Hospital visits, surgeries, doctors...

I don't know who I think I am. With that being said, I decided to think my ungrateful children would want to take a trip on an airplane...

After being dormant for nearly a month, I have made the decision to rejoin society. Kind of. I made one of my cherubs join me for my...

So I caved. I said once he left I would never see him again. We both agreed to it in fact. Lie. I like to tell myself a lot of them, and...

I wasn't able to officially say goodbye to my mother in person because it was the height of Covid. Or I guess I could say I could have, but I was paranoid and trying to protect three kids from a monster disease no one understood. Fuck 2020. That haunted me something awful. I recently went to see my partner, my love. Something in my gut said go, NOW. So I did. Got in my car and just drove. After I left him? I got a call and found out he died an hour later. And while I wasn't a

I always thought Bluejays were bad. I always imagined Cardinals as the good ones. The ones that symbolized reincarnation and were meant...

It had become too much. With the kids, their activities, and their commitments; and me being their sole chauffeur, and his, I had to end...

My son confided in me very few of his teammates know his name. They just call him, "The Fast Freshman." So to that note I say: You make...

Dear Dad, 15 years ago I lost a protector, a mentor and a talent that was shared with the world. A man who was humble, happy and full of...

I've been absent for awhile, and for good reason... I have lost many people in my life. A lot are still alive; who ignore me, but that's...

The holidays are tough. They remind you of what you have, and conversely, what you don't have. While I am blessed to have three amazing...

Last year I bought a 20 something foot reindeer inflatable. I don't know what I was thinking; but then again, I never quite do. It was an...

Yeah, no, motherhood did not come with a map. They should have taught that lesson in Lamaze class. Fuck breathing. Listening to a child cry ALL THE TIME? OR A KID THAT WON'T EAT? Motherhood can suck and is a lesson that is hard in more than ways than one. I find myself counting to ten more than when I was a kid, and certainly more than my kids do. Where are those classes when you are pregnant? The lamaze class for when you are going to lose your shit because your kids are dri

I have been taking my kiddos, who are not quite "kiddos" anymore, on a death "grip/trip", vacation to Newport, RI every Thanksgiving for...

I grew up with the generation that came from a place that if you saw a TV on a rolling cart you thought that day was going to be an epic day. YASSSSSS. One day that cart rolled in and I ended up watching the Challenger explode in real time. The teacher shut off the TV and we went back to learning; no discussions, just division. Coincidentally, my generation went on to make JOKES about it. Do you know how I know Crista McAcullife had dandruff? They found her head and shoulders

I have no idea why we put up with flagrant disrespect from others. I have come to understand and realize that people are inherently...

I find myself caring all too often about a lot of shit knowing fully well, I shouldn't. But I can't get out my my own way, and sadly, or...

I appreciate your candor and honesty. I also admire the fact that you thought that you knew how to navigate a situation you have never...

Straight up, this is for my kids. If you want to borrow it for yours, that is up to you... I am beginning to realize everything I write,...